Bolton's Battering Throws Open Best of Rest Market

Sam Allardyce's Trotters are doing their best to throw away fifth place in the Premiership and are now available at 15/8 (VC Bet) to win the "Premiership without the Big Four" market. Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Old Trafford was the latest in a long line of poor results for Wanderers, although they remain favourites with most firms, VC Bet being the exception rather than the rule. Spurs continued their good run of form with a 3-1 win over Watford and are now within two points of Bolton in the Premiership. 7/4 is available with the likes of Stan James, Blue Square and Paddy Power about the North London club being the best of the rest. Bookies make this a three-way market, thanks to Everton's hard-fought 1-0 win against Arsenal taking them to within a point of Bolton and one ahead of Spurs. The Toffees look solid value at bet direct's 4/1, especially with each-way terms of 1/3 odds for the first two places. Reading are the only other team who can realistically win this market and are priced at 10/1 with Paddy Power. It's been a popular betting event this season, especially with an air of predictability surrounding the top and bottom of the Premiership table.